Ten Miles of Spring Breeze in Red Mansions

"Look at me, I forgot to hold it in my hand." Qiu Xin hurriedly handed the brochure to Yan Qin, "It's a flower album that the princess only got, the three girls have a look."

Yan Run never took the lead, just smiled and sat without saying a word, while Yan Qin preferred poetry, calligraphy and painting were only regarded as basic skills, she learned that Daiyu likes to paint during the two days of getting along, so she leaned in front of her and said, "I'll be fine, I'd better ask sister Lin to comment."

Lin Daiyu took it with a smile, saw that the booklet was small and small, with the words "Hundred Flowers Volume" written on it, opened it, and was immediately impressed by it. Each booklet had two kinds of flowers painted in bright colors, and the morning glory and sweet-scented osmanthus were different. First, they are all bright and lovely, quite interesting, and each has a lot of poems, all of which are also excellent.

After appreciating the whole book carefully, Lin Daiyu praised, "It's clean and beautiful, smooth and easy, and it's even rarer to have bright and clean colors and appropriate shades of rendering. It's really good, but it doesn't look like a historic site. It's also good."

Qiu Xin said with a smile, "I don't know about that, it was the uncle who honored the princess."

Yan Qin said regretfully, "If Auntie gets it herself, let's act like a spoiled child and ask for it for Sister Lin. The second brother is filial, so I can't open my mouth."

Yan Ji ranked second among the brothers in the General's Mansion, so Sister Qin called him the second elder brother.

Lin Daiyu said, "It's a great fortune to be able to watch it once, how can I be greedy."

Seeing what she said, Yan Qin put it aside and called her to eat cherries with a smile.

Ming Yilan heard Qiuxin say that Lin Daiyu loves this picture album very much, and said with a smile, "What's the problem? I'll go to her house tomorrow and let her take it back with me. She guessed right, isn't she a famous contemporary artist? This is the masterpiece of Gui Shilang from the Ministry of Rites. I painted several volumes and dedicated them to His Majesty. This volume was obtained by Brother Ji privately."

Gui Shilang from the Ministry of Rites, a serious Jinshi, is also a biography of the two lists.Some people are not only good at reading and being an official, they are even better at poetry and painting, especially flowers are a must, a well-known old talent in the Manchu Dynasty.

"My uncle is really capable. He can even ask for the paintings of the servant of the Ministry of Rites." Qiu Xin naturally admires her uncle very highly, "I heard that this old man is very lonely, but last time our step-by-step princess wanted to ask for it." His painting was rejected as a dowry for the three princesses."

"It must be because of my elder brother. My elder brother still has Gui Shilang's favor. My elder brother invited him to teach Brother Yu to draw, but Brother Ji is just messing around with Brother Yu." Ming Yilan said. Saying this, I am very happy that my son is popular, "Gui Shilang is a man who has been in the Imperial Academy. I will not enter the Imperial Academy unless I am a Jinshi, and I will not enter the Cabinet unless I am an Imperial Academy. He has to be relied on by His Majesty. I think he will join the Cabinet. At that time It’s really hard to find a picture.”

"How many people go there with gold and silver in their hands. I heard that Princess Ji scolded Minister Gui for three days because of this matter in the palace."

Ming Yilan is not a person who repays grievances with kindness, so she couldn't help laughing at this time, "Concubine Ji always looks up to the sky, but she was rejected by a servant from the second rank. It's not to scold people. I'm afraid three days are not enough. Calm down."

It turned out that the princesses of the three princesses were married to a scholarly family, and Gui Shilang had some reputation in the literary world, so Princess Ji wanted to ask Gui Shilang to draw a picture of pomegranates or grapes, which meant many children and blessings, and also had a scholarly atmosphere. When the dowry was displayed, the husband's family looked at it, and it was not a credit to their own family.

Unexpectedly, Gui Shilang ignored the chief historian sent by Prince Guang's mansion, and he didn't even meet him.

The master and the servant were not kind in private once, seeing that the minister Gui liked Yan Ji and let the princess be embarrassed, how could he not express his gratitude to the old man.

That's why Ming Yilan specially asked someone to prepare a generous gift, and asked Yan Ji to take it to Gui Shilang as a return gift for the picture album.

When Yan Ji came to greet Ming Yilan, he took it back by the way, and asked again, "Is the booklet mother reading?"

"It's not that you don't know, I never like this, just watch it for fun."

Yan Ji said warmly, "It was originally for my mother to see a lively scene, but the other ones are okay, but the colors are brighter, and my mother is also happy to see it."

Ming Yilan knew that he was filial to her, so she laughed and said, "You should be careful to spread this word to Gui Shilang. If you don't give it away, it will be interesting to hit you a few times."

"That's not true, Zuo just took a brush and drew a turtle on his face." Yan Ji joked, which made Ming Yilan laugh out loud.

Ming Yilan asked him again, "Can I pass this album on to you, Sister Lin? She liked it the first time she saw it, but she was so cute and sensible that she couldn't open her mouth. I wanted her to get what she wanted."

"Mother's stuff, I can give it to anyone." Yan Ji would not be willing to give it to Lin Daiyu, let alone give it to his mother, so it is natural for her to deal with it. After thinking about it, he said, "Sister Lin seems to be learning painting before, Gui Shilang He has just published a new copy of "Small Mountain Painting Book", which is all about flower painting, I rushed him to copy a copy before it was published, thinking that I would read it first, and I will copy a copy for my sister to take back when I have free time."

"You just take it, I'll ask others to copy it, don't miss your homework." Ming Yilan said, "I won't ask you about the outside world, I'm not as knowledgeable as men in the inner house, maybe I came up with some bad ideas, There is only one, you have to know it yourself."

"Son, I'll save it." Yan Ji listened carefully, and stepped back to do his homework.

After a while, Si Mo brought the copy by his side, and Ming Yilan asked someone to take the reward money for him, and still asked Qiu Xin to copy it.

Three days later, Jia's mother ordered Jia Lian to bring her family to fetch Lin Daiyu back to the house. Although Lin Daiyu was reluctant to part with her, she had to pack her things and go back.

Yan Qin said sullenly, "I haven't finished my poems yesterday, I'm going home now."

Lin Daiyu said casually, "Sister Qin can write to me, but I heard there is a kind of pen pal. I'm still in plain clothes, so I don't want to go out often."

Ming Yilan gave her the painting book and picture album, "The sword is a gift for a hero, it is perfect for you as a hero. This picture book was written by the owner of the picture album. If you like painting, take it back and study it."

Lin Daiyu flipped through it, and she was already familiar with Qiu Xin's handwriting, so she quickly thanked her, "I'm bothering sister Qiu Xin to write for me again, thank you very much. I will restrain Xueque to practice calligraphy well when I go back, and let her come next time. "

"Then I'll just wait for sister Xueque to take over." Qiu Xin is the first-class maid beside Ming Yilan, and she is proficient in literary and ink, so she is the only one who does the sending and copying of books. A more decent three-pointer.

Lin Daiyu went back to the house, and first called the people who stayed behind to inquire about the situation, and when she learned that they all followed her order to stay behind closed doors, she said with a smile, "That's all for the snow mandarin ducks, but the snow parrots should be rewarded."

Xueyuan immediately yelled in feigned dissatisfaction, "Young lady's words are unreasonable, so why not just call her Xueyuan, could it be that I've gone out of my way?"

"You're an older sister, so you'd be ashamed to compare yourself to her." Lin Daiyu gave her a sideways look with a smile.

Wang Momo persuaded from the side, "Sister, at least let them pack up their things first before talking about it. The big and small bags are left here."

"Then you guys are busy, Xueque brought me the picture album and picture book, and I will go to the study to read it, so I won't disturb you." Lin Daiyu stuck out her tongue, "Don't worry, you don't think I'm annoying."

Seeing her cuteness, Wang Momo couldn't help but say a few words, "My sister, who dares to find you annoying, but I'm afraid that I will disturb you when I move, so Xueying will serve my sister to the study."

Seeing that Wang Momo wrinkled her face anxiously, they all laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Jia Baoyu was elusive as always, standing at the door of the room smiling at Lin Daiyu, and was about to come in.